Wichita-area banks have paid the U.S. Treasury more than $1.5 million in interest payments as part of their participation in the Capital Purchase Program.

WHEN TRAVELING THE state, I like to look for something original in each town, something residents have created, restored, or put on display.

The weather was "perfect" and the safety sessions were "awesome" for the 185 fifth-graders attending the 2009 Progressive Agriculture Safety Day.

Howard Dean Stucky, age 78, a former resident of Penalosa and Hutchinson, Kan., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept.